Tevita Vuibau – Churches in Fiji and the region are throwing their voices behind self determination for West Papua.

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he would explain his policies on Papua during his visit to Fiji, where he will attend a meeting of Pacific Island leaders, some of whom

There are renewed calls for United Nations monitors to be allowed in to Indonesia's troubled Papua provinces, to verify what human rights groups describe as gross violations.

Jakarta – US Ambassador Robert Blake has highlighted growing cooperation between the US government and its counterparts in Indonesia, including local administrations and civil society o

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Another shooting incident occurred in Jayapura, Papua, on Saturday, highlighting the fragile security situation in the region, which was recently gripped

Churches in the Solomon Islands have agreed to actively support the struggle for political independence of the people of West Papua.

The United Nations Human Rights Council's current session has heard concerns that freedom of expression and peaceful assembly continue to deteriorate in Indonesia's Papua region.

Harry Pearl, Jakarta – New Zealand's ambassador to Indonesia, in response to allegations that his country had a hidden motive behind a police training project in eastern Indonesia, says

The journalist who revealed Indonesia's move to pull out of a New Zealand-funded police training programme in West Papua says he believes political sensitivity is behind the decision.

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – Indonesian officials keep sending mixed messages regarding the contract renegotiation with Freeport Indonesia – with a minister saying it is imperative

Harry Pearl & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Indonesia has axed a multimillion dollar police training program in West Papua because police intelligence reports suggested there were "hidden

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A joint group of soldiers and police officers shot Rudi Orerei, the alleged leader of an armed group in Papua's Yapen Island, during an attempted arrested at

A Joint Oral Statement by the Asian Legal Resource Center (ALRC), Franciscans International (FI), International Coalition for Papua (ICP), Tapol, Vivat International, West Papua Netz

A graphic novel advocating West Papuan independence has been released online, as part of efforts to provide an alternative version of the history of the Indonesian-run province.

Admin MS, Jayapura – West Papua National Committee (KNPB) spokesperson Basoka Logo is calling on all Papuan people to boycott the 2014 presidential election (pilpres).

Satria Sambijantoro and Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – The outgoing administration will not ink an extension deal with PT Freeport Indonesia concerning its contract to mine the world large

Wutung, PNG – - The Indonesia-PNG border was officially opened on Tuesday this week but closed down again three hours later due to the killing of an Indonesian soldier by OPM (Organisas

Sita W. Dewi, Jayapura – Presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo says he wants to develop soccer in Papua as it already has produced exceptional talents.

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Prime Minister Tony Abbott is to attend the D-day anniversary celebrations in France and will stop in Indonesia briefly to meet with President Yudhyono to try and smooth relations with

A South East Asia politics and history specialist says it's unlikely that the next president of Indonesia will be as focussed on the West Papua issue as Susilo Bambang Yudhyono has been

The global activist network Anonymous has launched a campaign to raise attention on censorship and the killings of indigenous West Papuans in Indonesia's eastern region.

The six-million dollar program was scheduled to begin in the first half of this year but Indonesia has told the New Zealand Government that it is not able to support the project at this

Advocates for West Papuan self-determination have called for a UN decolonisation committee to be consistent and make a fact finding trip to Indonesia's Papua region.

[Commentary from the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG).]

The New Zealand government has confirmed that its planned community policing training programme in Indonesia's Papua region will not go ahead this year.

Advocates for the independence of West Papua say a UN decolonisation committee should visit the Indonesian province.

The Special Committee on Decolonization will hold its Pacific Regional Seminar in Nadi, Fiji, from 21 to 23 May 2014.

The Pacific Conference of Churches is calling on leaders attending a United Nations meeting on decolonisation this week in Fiji to advocate for West Papua to be added to the UN list of

The West Papua Coalition for Liberation says the new Vanuatu Prime Minister Joe Natuman will continue the good work of his predecessor in supporting the West Papuan self-determination c

The Australia West Papua Association in Sydney has written an open letter (below) to the PIF leaders asking that they discuss the issue of West Papua and the ongoing human rights abuses

Villagers were again last night bracing for a new round of Indonesian state violence in the town of Moenemani, in the gold rich Dogiyai district in Paniai, as Indonesian Brimob paramili

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-068-2014

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Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A mob of hundreds burned down five homes and looted several stores in West Papua's Maybrat district early on Tuesday after the district chief, Bernard Sagrim

Yesterday, Indonesian BRIMOB para-military police, are reported to have shot three Papuan men, who are now in a critical condition.

The Director of Communications at the Human Rights Law Center in Australia

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Police in Papua have confirmed shooting and injuring three people from a mob reportedly demanding to lynch the driver of a truck involved in a deadly acciden

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Coalition of Papua Women staged a rally, protesting against alleged vote-stealing and lack of monitoring during the April 9 legislative election.

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-064-2014

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The Australian Government should introduce laws that would minimise the risk of Australian policing or military assistance supporting human rights violators.

[A Joint Press Release by Franciscans International, the International Coalition for Papua, VIVAT International, Watch Indonesia!, and the West Papua Netzwerk.]

Jenny Munro, ANU – West Papua, comprised of two provinces in eastern Indonesia, is home to the fastest growing HIV epidemic in the Asia Pacific.

Jayapura – Almost 226,000 hectares of forest in Papua will be cleared and converted into plantations, an environmental group said.

As the 51st anniversary of the transfer of the territory of West Papua to Indonesia by The United Nations Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA) on the 1 May in 1963 approaches, AWPA has

Benny Wenda – This Anzac Day weekend, we opened the first ever Free West Papua campaign office in Australia.

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Two Indonesian Military officers were injured after yet another exchange of gunfire on Friday between the military and an armed group suspected to be part of

Jayapura – The call by the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) chairperson to boycott the July 9 presidential election in Papua has become a threat for Indonesia and West Papua.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The police had identified and were currently hunting the instigators of a recent clash between Christians and Muslims in Sorong, West Papua, which left three peop

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-057-2014

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Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – An armed group in Papua fired on a border post between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, injuring one civilian, Indonesian officials said on Wednesday.